“The Key point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.”

“If you want to make money at some point, remember this, because this is one of the reasons startups win. Big companies want to decrease the standard deviation of design outcomes because they want to avoid disasters. But when you damp oscillations, you lose the high points as well as the low. This is not a problem for big companies, because they don't win by making great products. Big companies win by sucking less than other big companies. ”

“You can make money in a small way without politics. But to make big money, you need to buy the legislature. Can't be done otherwise.”

“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.”

“For where shall a man turn who has no money? Where can he go? Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand. Like a tethered goat, so far and no farther. Only money can make the rope stretch, only money.”

“Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.”